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T. STITES. MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING WELSBAOH OR OTHER MANTLBS. No.580,626; Patented Apr. 13, 1897.

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TOWNSEND STITES, OF GLOUCESTER CITY, NEWV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THEWELSBAOH LIGHT COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

. MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING WELSBACH OR OTHER MANTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,626, dated April13, 1897.

Application filed July 23,1896. Serial No. 600,195. (No model.)

To all whom it natty concern.-

Be it known that I, TOWNSEND STITEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Gloucester, in the county of Camden and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Means for TransportingWelsbach or other Mantles, of which the following is a specification.

For the success of WVelsbach and other incandescent gas-lightin g it isnecessary for manufacturers to furnish consumers or users with renewalsof mantles or incandescents. Such mantles or incandescents usuallycomprise a network of oxids and are fragile and quite easily broken ordamaged.

It is the object of my invention to provide comparatively inexpensiveand efficient means whereby such mantles or incandescents may be safelypacked, transported, and unpacked; and to this end my inventioncomprises the improvements hereinafter described and claimed.

The nature, characteristic features, and scope of my invention will bemore fully understood from the following description,taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and in which Figure1 is an elevational View showing means for shipping mantles andillustrating features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a central sectionalview of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of Fig. 1 after the cap hasbeen removed from the end of the device shown therein, and Fig. 4 is adetached perspective view of the forked key or clevis shown in Figs. 2and 3.

In the drawings, CL is a tube or receptacle shown as circular incross-section and adapted for the reception of a mantle orincandescent17, of which one is shown in the drawings, although two may be similarlyplaced and secured, one at each end of the receptacle or tube. Theincandescent or mantle b is suspended from a ring 0, closed by a knot dand ranging at right angles to a rod 6. These parts 0 cl e com prisewhat is commonly designated a mantle-support. It will be noted thatbetween the rod eand knot d there is a shank f.

g is a longitudinally-ranging slot or notch provided for the receptionof the shank f.

To protect the mantle or incandescent b from breakage while intransportation and while being packed and unpacked, it is important thatits axis should substantially coincide with the axis of the tube orreceptacle and that it should not be pressed upon the internal walls ofthe tube or receptacle. To accomplish this object, use is made of adetachable or removable forked key or clevis h, one leg of which passeson each side of the shank f and enters between the knot and the internalwalls of the receptacle or tube adjacent to the notch g, thus preventingthe ring or loop 0 from being displaced laterally and thus insuring theproper central position of the mantle. One leg 7t of the forked key orclevis is illustrated as being thicker than the other 71., in order toproperly engage the knot in such manner that the central disposition ofthe tube is insured, although the knot is not disposed at right anglesto the shank, as will appear by reference to Fig. 3. The upper portionof the forked key or clevis It affords means by which it may be graspedbetween the fingers for the purpose of removing and inserting it. Tothis end this upper portion may be permitted to extend beyond the end ofthe tube or receptacle, as shown. For the purpose of holding the rod 6use is made of a band encompassing it and the tube or receptacle, sothat the rod is firmly held against the exterior of the tube orreceptacle. As shown, this band t is wound spirally, and not onlyencompasses the rod, but also affords means for attaching the lids orcovers j and j to place.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains that modifications may be made in details without departingfrom the spiritthereof. Hence I do not limit myself to the preciseconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinabove set forth, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings; but,

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, What Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Means fortransporting VVelsbach and other fragile mantles or incandescentscomprising the combination of, a tube or receptacle, a mantle-supportprovided with a shank, a forked key or clevis accommodating said shankand Wedging the support in respect to the tube or receptacle, and meansfor attaching the rod of the support to the tube or receptacle,substantially as described.

2. Means for transporting Welsbaeh and other fragile mantles orincandescents comprising the combination of, a tube or receptaclenotched at its end, a mantle-support provided with a knot and With ashank adapted to said notch, a forked key or clevis accommodating saidshank and interposed between the knot and tube or receptacle, and meansfor attaching the rod of the support TOWNSEND STITES.

In presence of J OHN W. TAGGART, K. M. GILLIGAN.

